Montreal vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montreal	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4312	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$940	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1577	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$187	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$800
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	100	20
😀 Quality of life	93	41
🏙️ Population	1.8M	6.44M

The cost of living in Montreal is 177% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 2225th and 7052nd ($1857 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 51st and 74th in Canada and China, respectively. Check Canada vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Montreal compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Montreal ranked 1st best city to live in Canada vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 51st and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montreal vs Shangrao

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	Montreal	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.26	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.06	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1030	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$807	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1828	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1371	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.9	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6524	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4131	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.8	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.36	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.61	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.99	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.48	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.9	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$126	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.3	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$639	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5725	$31722

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Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621